Villes en Développement
The accommodation in question:
a priority for rethinking the city
This newsletter explores housing as a central issue of urban, social, and environmental justice. It highlights innovative approaches from both the Global South and the Global North, bringing together expertise, contexts, and disciplines. Through a special feature on the Guise Campus and a variety of contributions, it invites us to rethink housing as a lever for urban transformation.
By Michel Caron, Gautier Hunout and Christine Auclair, ADP Cities in Development Office
Special report: "Reinventing housing" at the Familistère of Guise
The Urban Campus of March 5, 2025 at the Familistère - presentation and summary of discussions (Michel Caron, Gautier Hunout, Christine Auclair, AdP)
The Utopia program at the Familistère, for a reappropriated habitat (Bruno Airaud, General Coordinator at the Familistère of Guise).
Rehabilitation of the iconic housing of the Familistère de Guise: Moving from the 19th to the 21st century (Jean Jacques Hubert, h2o)
Articles on housing today
Living far away, living less: housing, segregation and temporal injustice in the contemporary city (Carlos Moreno, ETI Sorbonne Chair)
"To provide better housing, let's innovate more!" (Prudence Adjanohoun, Secretary General, Habitat and Francophonie Network)
The city by and for its inhabitants. Land management, self-build projects, solidarity financing (Pierre Arnold, Urbamonde)
What if the real housing challenge in Africa wasn't financing? (Luc Gnacadja, GPS-Dev)
Affordable housing, local authorities and public policies in a crisis context (Anne Burlat, urban planner and architect)
“From precarious housing to the city”: the example of Koungou (Vanille Guichard, Director of planning and urban renewal at the Koungou town hall)
Post-2030: A housing SDG to rebuild urban equity (Christine Auclair)